Alabama Social Studies SS24.6.1

SS24.6.1 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.6.1a

  Compare the political and social structures of Southeastern Woodland Indigenous peoples and those of another region of North America.

01

What Students Need to Do

Describe homes, farming, family groups, and leadership at Moundville and in Haudenosaunee communities before European contact. Explain how their social and political structures were alike and different.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student describes chiefs and social ranks at Moundville, and clan mothers and council leaders in Haudenosaunee communities. They explain a difference in leadership and note that both communities farmed and lived in settled villages.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may assume all Indigenous peoples lived in tipis or had the same kind of leader. They may also think clan mothers made every decision alone, rather than selecting leaders who served on councils.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Compare Moundville and a Haudenosaunee community before European contact. Name one difference in leadership and one similarity in daily life.

1. 01

   Have pairs build paper village layouts with a mound, plaza, and homes for Moundville, and longhouses and fields for a Haudenosaunee village.

2. 02

   Ask students to write: 'Who held power in each community, and how did people take part in decisions?'

3. 03

   Give pairs fact cards about chiefs, social ranks, clan mothers, and councils; have them sort the cards by community and explain two choices.

4. 04

   Find Moundville Archaeological Park on a current Alabama map, then use its website to see how the site is protected today.

• SS24.3.8

  Describe Indigenous cultures, governments, and economies in the Southeast prior to European colonization.

• SS24.8.6

  Describe key aspects and figures of Indigenous societies during the Postclassic Period in Mesoamerica and the Andean region and the Mississippian Period in Nort...

• SS24.7.10

  Describe cultural and economic characteristics of early Indigenous peoples in North and South America, including civilizations in Mesoamerica, the Andes, and th...